Our client, a City based Hedge Fund are looking for a hands on Java expert with a background in building end-to-end trading systems in a Front Office environment.

You will be developing greenfield systems that trade across multiple asset classes including FX Options and Futures, as well as enhancements of the existing platforms.

You will be sitting directly with the front office, so excellent communication skills are essential. Candidates will need to have solid experience of building large-scale and distributed systems and it is vital that candidates have developed an end-to-end trading platform in their recent career.

Key requirements:

Core Java expert

Strong multi-threading knowledge

Can demonstrate and articulate where and how you have built trading systems

Experience with large-scale systems

Worked on greenfield projects

Candidates need to have come from a front office environment

Any experience with C#, Python or FIX would be beneficial but not essential